From: Mike Manning <mmann...@brocade.com> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:02:38 +0100
> If IPv6 is disabled when the option is set to keep IPv6 > addresses on link down, userspace is unaware of this as > there is no such indication via netlink. The solution is to > remove the IPv6 addresses in this case, which results in > netlink messages indicating removal of addresses in the > usual manner. This fix also makes the behavior consistent > with the case of having IPv6 disabled first, which stops > IPv6 addresses from being added. > > Fixes: f1705ec197e7 ("net: ipv6: Make address flushing on ifdown optional") > Signed-off-by: Mike Manning <mmann...@brocade.com> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.